We tried to generate a compliance course with AI. It didn’t go well.

We started off trying to build a compliance course. We ended up building the system required to trust one. Turns out they’re not the same thing. That’s when everything changed. 🧪 The First Version (Looked Fine… Until It Didn’t) The initial idea was simple: Use AI to generate a compliance training course. Pick a topic like: risk assessment workplace safety ESG fundamentals Feed it into a model, get a structured course out. And technically — that worked. We got: modules lessons headings even quizzes On the surface, it looked decent. But once you actually read it properly… ❌ What Was Broken Shallow Content It explained things, but didn’t really teach anything. No depth. No real-world context. No edge cases. Inconsistent Structure Some lessons were detailed. Others felt like placeholders. No consistency across the course. No Instructional Flow It wasn’t designed — it was assembled. Content chunks, not a learning journey. And the Big One: Reliability In compliance training, “almost correct”